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USS Fond Du Lac (APA-166)

International Radio Call Sign: November - Delta - Tango - GolfNDTGAwards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

During World War II USS Fond Du Lac was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:TransRon Eighteen COMO. J.G. Moyer USN (14);TransDiv Fifty-Three, CAPT. W.N. Thornton USN and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns

Campaigns and Dates

Okinawa Gunto operationAssault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 5 April 1945

Following World War II USS Fond Du Lac was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal

5 to 27 September 1945

19 to 24 October 1945

Decommissioned, 11 April 1946, at Norfolk VA.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 13 April 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.